A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Red Wedding is up there for me, but Ned's death took a lot of the impact out of it for me. If the wedding had somehow managed to come first then it might have been different. Strangely enough, I think the most affecting scene I've read in a fantasy book was Death vs. the Auditors in The Hogfather (even when you consider the humor factor). Expanding genres a bit, I'd probably put both of the ASOIAF scenes below "I did it thirty-five minutes ago", Ender learning what he'd done, and several others.

I've been humming Rains of Castamere all day just to see who reacts and how. One person just about freaked out on me.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ned's death is arguably more shocking, but it was quick and over. In the books, the Red Wedding is seen from Cat's eyes and has some of the most haunting inner thoughts of any POV chapter in the series. When Cat is pleading in her head for her hair not to be cut because "Ned loves my hair", it was just heart wrenching (esp since she uses the word "loves", not "loved" - and it was right after she was thinking about how her and Ned failed to protect every single one of their children).

[Dinner]

As huge as the Red Wedding's slaughter is, the mortality rate in the series is so high that it feels more like a statistical anomaly than a world changing event. More characters than usual are being killed off all at once, big deal. It's a cool scene, with the build up in tension, and the way it shatters your expectations, but the books are full of that. Its importance is in destroying the Starks as a conventional force. Without a castle or army they have to survive as either hostages or fugitives. I like where the books go from there, with Arya and Bran. I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who likes the Bran stuff.

I like them not least because they explain a hell of a lot of background about the series and the world.

[Dinner]

Spoiler:

It will be interesting to see what they do with lady stone heart.

[Asher]

Spoiler, Oerdin...for those who don't know.

[regexcellent]

Spoiler:

She probably shows up next week and will be the last scene of the season

[Cort Haus]

Spoiler:

4. IS THERE (stab) GOLD (stab) IN THE (stab) VILLAGE?! (stab stab stab stab stab)

Probably my favourite moment in the books.

[Cort Haus]

I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who likes the Bran stuff.

I like the Bran stuff, even though I'm not overkeen on the fantasy elements compared to the political intrigue. Something about a hopelessly damaged character being a survivor with superpowers.

[Cort Haus]

impactful

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=impactful

[Guynemer]

Probably my favourite moment in the books.

YOU.

I like you.

Even if you have the power of mint and berries, yet with a satisfying, tasty crunch! Shablagoo!!

[Hauldren Collider]

I also had to look that up. :-/

[Dinner]

I didn't.

[/uber nerd]

[DinoDoc]

Is this bit true?

According to the books Game of Thrones is based on, Telisa and her unborn baby are not supposed to be slaughtered in this scene. In fact, she’s not even supposed to be there at all.

Divorcing HBO: Sunday’s Brutal Game of Thrones Goes Way Too Far

[regexcellent]

Dacey Mormont gets axed in the stomach instead of Talisa.

Jeyne Westerling, who was Robb's wife in the books, a) survives b) never gets pregnant c) wasn't even at the wedding in the first place.

They had Talisa get murdered because all the assorted awesome Stark bannermen weren't there to get killed instead.

[DaShi]

One down, two to go.